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Polish vs Japanese


Japanese vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
Japan   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Palau   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
cześć   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
dziękuję   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
dobranoc   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
proszę   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
do widzenia   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Polski   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
Not Available   

French Name
polonais   
japonais   

German Name
Polnisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1270   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Japanese   

Language Position
24   
20
8   
8

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
pol   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Polish and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Japanese language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Polish and Japanese Language History.

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Polish and Japanese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Polish and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Japanese language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Polish vs Japanese Difficulty

The Polish vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Japanese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Polish and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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